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'Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.  I believe that everything happens for a reason.  People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you can appreciate them when they go right, you believe lies so that you'll eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.' - Marilyn Monroe

This is such a wonderful quote.  I feel like single parts of it describe my life, a lot.  Life is so unpredictable.  Sometimes I love that, and sometimes I really hate that.  I hate seeing my friends hurt or struggle; close friends or even just acquaintances.  I feel like it's hard to trust.  It's so interesting that we learn so much through our experiences, good and bad, so that we can become the people we are, to do even better with other experiences in the future.  I like to learn the hard way a lot in life, apparently, which has been rather frustrating at times, but I feel like I am 23 on the outside, and 57 on the inside because I have experiences that a lot of people my age have never had.  Holy cow, when I get to heaven, I have so many questions for God... but at that point, they won't matter anymore.  I don't really know what this whole blog note is about, I just felt like expanding on what Marilyn said, because her quote is so wonderful.  I guess it's just been a big week, and writing is how I get my feelings out a lot, even if other people don't understand it, it helps me understand myself a little more : )